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v FOLDING PAPER BOX. No. 313,190. Patented Mar. 3, 1885.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. ELLIOTT, OF MON CTON NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE E. MACKINTIRE, OF MELROSE, MASS.

FOLDING PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,190, dated March 3, 1885.

Application filed October 3, 1884. (N0 model.)

' and false ends consisting of light pliable materialsuoh as thin paperwhich are external to the end flaps, andfserve to hold them in place, and which are permanently attached to and adapted to fold up with the body of the box.

The nature of my improvements. can best be explained and understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the box in knock- Fig. 2 is a view of the same partially set up, with end flaps still folded down. Fig. 3 is 'a view of the box completely set up. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of part of the box.

The box shown inithe drawings in illustration of my invention can be expeditiously and cheaply made. Its 'body consists of a single strip, A, of pasteboard, whichis creased along the lines a in such manner that it will form, when properly bout, the front and rear sides, 1 3, the bottom 4, and the top or cover 2 of the box.

To complete the box the ends must be closed, and to provide for this I make use of inwardlyfolding end flaps, b, of pasteboard, which are attached to the bottom of the box, and are adapted to fold down thereon. With end flaps thus arranged, it is requisite to provide some means for holding them in place when they are raised, so as to prevent them from spreading outwardly. To meet this want I employ false ends 0 of thin pliable material-such as paper-which are pasted to the body of the box at each end so as to be external to the end flaps, b. They are permanently united with the box, and are so arranged that they are stretched taut when the two sides 1 3 are parallel to one another. They consequently prevent these two sides from spreading apart, and the latter, to be folded, must, as shown, fold inwardly. The false ends fold up readily when the box is knocked down, while the momentthe box is set up they are in position to prevent the end flaps, b, from spreading outwardly.

To knock down the box the end flaps, b, are first turned down inwardly so as to lie flat upon the bottom of the box. The front side, 1, is then turned down upon the flaps b, making in so doing a half-fold in the pliable false ends a. The rear side, 3, and cover 2 are then turned down fiat upon the part 1, thus putting the box into compact shape, and folding up the false ends into triangular form.

Having described my improvement and the best way known to me of carrying the same into practical effect, what I claim herein as new and of my own invention is- 1. In a folding paper box, the combination, with the body of the box, of inwardly-folding end flaps, and pliable false ends external to said flaps permanently attached to and adapted to fold up. with the body of the box, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

2. The body strip A, creased to form the sides 1 3 and top and bottom 2 4, in combination with the folding end flaps, b, and the pliable false ends (2, as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of September, 1884.

CHARLES w. ELLIoTT.

Witnesses:

GEORGE O. ABBOTT, GEo. E. ABBOTT. 

